Annual Congress Berlin 2008

Saturday, 04.10.2008
Sunday, 05.10.2008
Monday, 06.10.2008
Tuesday, 07.10.2008
Wednesday, 08.10.2008

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, abstract number.

Material from 2008:

3952 Abstracts
658 Slide presentations
316 Webcasts
96 Handouts
1824 e-posters
316 Multimedia files

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Diagnosis and outcome in critically ill patients

Oral Presentation
Chairs: S. Orfanos (Haidari, Greece), C. Gregoretti (Torino, Italy)

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Severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP): validation of the IDSA/ATS guidelines to predict admission to the ICU A. Liapikou, M. Ferrer, E. Polverino, V. Balasso, M. Esperatti, R. Piñer, J. Mensa, M. A. Marcos, A. Torres (Barcelona, Spain)
The use of CPAP helmet before hospital admission reduce mortality and hospital length of stay in patients suffering acute respiratory failure G. Garuti, G. Bandiera, S. Toscani, L. Gelati, M. Lusuardi (Correggio(Reggio Emilia), Mirandola (Modena), Italy)
Differences in breathing pattern variabilities measured during T-piece, automatic tube compensation and pressure support ventilation in patients with weaning success and failure M. Y. Bien, Y. S. Lin, C. H. Shih, J. H. Wang, Y. R. Kou (Taipei, Taiwan, Province Of China)
Outcome of patients referred to a UK regional weaning centre D. Field, C. Robertson, N. Grey, A. Williams, C. Davidson, N. Hart (London, United Kingdom)
Characteristics of ventilated patients according to the difficulty of the weaning process E. Cano, H. Loureiro, J. Sellares, M. Valencia, R. Piner, C. Esquinas, M. Ferrer, A. Torres (Barcelona, Mallorca, Spain)
Tolerance of fiberoptic bronchoscopy in patients with acute respiratory failure C. Cracco, F. Muriel, H. Prodanovic, A. Elie, C. Cecile, C. Lorut, B. Gaetan, B. Hoang Nam, T. Camille, B. Laurent, D. Alexandre, M. Bernard (Paris, Rouen, Bordeaux, Creteil, France)
Incidence and risk factors for delirium in a respiratory intensive care unit (RICU) P. Ceriana, F. Fanfulla, S. Nava (Pavia, Italy)
Improvement in process-of-care and outcome after a multicenter educational program for severe sepsis: the surviving sepsis campaign in Spain R. Ferrer Roca, Edusepsis Study Group (Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain)